@article{6a6264b8d43f43f2b181082c9133b03e,
title = "Volatile, isotope, and organic analysis of martian fines with the Mars curiosity rover",
abstract = "Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to ∼835°C under helium flow and evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity 's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H2O, SO2, CO2, and O2 were the major gases released. Water abundance (1.5 to 3 weight percent) and release temperature suggest that H2O is bound within an amorphous component of the sample. Decomposition of fine-grained Fe or Mg carbonate is the likely source of much of the evolved CO2. Evolved O2 is coincident with the release of Cl, suggesting that oxygen is produced from thermal decomposition of an oxychloride compound. Elevated δD values are consistent with recent atmospheric exchange. Carbon isotopes indicate multiple carbon sources in the fines. Several simple organic compounds were detected, but they are not definitively martian in origin.",
author = "{MSL Science Team} and Leshin, {L. A.} and Mahaffy, {P. R.} and Webster, {C. R.} and M. Cabane and P. Coll and Conrad, {P. G.} and Archer, {P. D.} and Atreya, {S. K.} and Brunner, {A. E.} and A. Buch and Eigenbrode, {J. L.} and Flesch, {G. J.} and Franz, {H. B.} and C. Freissinet and Glavin, {D. P.} and McAdam, {A. C.} and Miller, {K. E.} and Ming, {D. W.} and Morris, {R. V.} and R. Navarro-Gonz{\'a}lez and Niles, {P. B.} and T. Owen and Pepin, {R. O.} and S. Squyres and A. Steele and Stern, {J. C.} and Summons, {R. E.} and Sumner, {D. Y.} and B. Sutter and C. Szopa and S. Teinturier and Trainer, {M. G.} and Wray, {J. J.} and Grotzinger, {J. P.} and Leshin, {L. A.} and Mahaffy, {P. R.} and Webster, {C. R.} and M. Cabane and P. Coll and Conrad, {P. G.} and Archer, {P. D.} and Atreya, {S. K.} and Brunner, {A. E.} and A. Buch and Eigenbrode, {J. L.} and Flesch, {G. J.} and Bell, {James F.} and Jack Farmer and Meenakshi Wadhwa and Craig Hardgrove",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1126/science.1238937",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "341",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "6153",
}